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Latest News in Telecommunications

  • June 08, 2026

    Kaiser Member Seeks Class Cert. In Microsoft Site Tracker Suit

    A Kaiser Permanente member has called on a federal judge in Seattle to greenlight a series of national classes and California subclasses in her privacy lawsuit accusing Microsoft and Qualtrics of secretly intercepting millions of patients' private health information through tracking technologies embedded in the healthcare system's website.

  • June 08, 2026

    USPTO Clamping Down Reexam Bids After IPR Denials

    A U.S. Patent and Trademark Office decision denying a request for ex parte reexamination of a patent because it reused arguments from an inter partes review that was discretionarily denied sends a clear message that the office wants challengers to pick one of the two options, attorneys say.

  • June 08, 2026

    FCC Considering 120-Day Deadline For Permit Approvals

    The Federal Communications Commission plans to propose telling states and municipalities that they have four months to act on applications before it will presume they've "effectively prohibited the provision of wireline telecommunications services," as part of a push to reduce what it perceives as barriers to broadband deployment.

  • June 08, 2026

    Calif. Judge Sides With Apple In Screen Sliding Patent Fight

    A California federal judge on Monday sided with Apple's assertion that a Swedish smartphone company's swipe-to-unlock patent lacks a valid written description, invalidating the patent owner's infringement claim.

  • June 08, 2026

    CenturyLink Waited 1 Year To Report Copper Theft Outage

    CenturyLink might be in hot water with the Federal Communications Commission after taking more than a year to file the requisite paperwork with the agency following an outage in Washington state caused by copper theft.

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